{"id":2,"date":"2016-09-23T13:13:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T13:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-11-24T21:30:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T21:30:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Sam Kersey, and I am a student of Communication and Media at Bournemouth University.<\/p>\n<p>I am creating this blog to investigate the shortage in leisure time faced by Brits in an era of austerity, and discover\u00a0ways in which digital technology can help us make the most of our free hours.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52\" class=\"wp-image-52\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2016\/09\/Berber_zpsyyj0hdw2.jpg\" alt=\"berber_zpsyyj0hdw2\" width=\"348\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2016\/09\/Berber_zpsyyj0hdw2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2016\/09\/Berber_zpsyyj0hdw2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2016\/09\/Berber_zpsyyj0hdw2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-52\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here I am enjoying some leisure time exploring an impressive cliff path in Llangranog, Wales.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I feel this is an important issue because, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrgrapevine.com\/content\/article\/2016-07-11-uk-professionals-feel-overworked-and-underappreciated\">recent research<\/a> shows, people here in the UK feel overworked and undervalued for their time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuc.org.uk\/international-issues\/europe\/workplace-issues\/work-life-balance\/15-cent-increase-people-working-more\">More workers than ever<\/a> are opting out of the maximum 48 hours per week enforced by the European Time Directive in order to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p>This means leisure time is in \u00a0short supply, and must be made the most out of in order to enjoy a high quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>Expect to see regular updates which delve into the intriguing world of:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Mobile\u00a0applications which claim they can make us more productive with our time<\/p>\n<p>\u2022People who build\u00a0their perfect holiday within their budget using tools available free of charge online<\/p>\n<p>\u2022How people use digital reviews to assess the worthiness of real world activities<\/p>\n<p>Plus many more issues\u00a0related to Britain&#8217;s\u00a0relentless pursuit of leisure which is making a storm on digital platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Sam Kersey, and I am a student of Communication and Media at Bournemouth University. I am creating this blog to investigate the shortage in leisure time faced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/samuelkersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}